Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

Chapter 513

Yuna's eyes filckered with a flash of panic, then she shook her head again. Seemed like that was her go-to

move.

I raised an eyebrow. "If he didn't touch you or kiss you, what makes you think he's in love?"

Her cheeks flushed as she looked down. "He... well, there was one time he almost kissed me."

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"Almost?" I tried to picture Wade's usual, reserved self. Was he drinking?"

Guys get weird when they're tipsy, sometimes mixing up reality with whoever's on their mind.

Yuna didn't shake her head this time. Instead, she nodded slightly. "Yeah, last week he was kinda down and had a few drinks.

"I asked what was wrong, and he said it'd been a hundred days since his advisor passed.

"He said he missed her... then he looked at me and leaned in like he was going to kiss me."

Right-exactly a hundred days since Narelle had passed.

Wade must've been seeing Narelle in Yuna's place, which made

me: Wade must've been seeing Narelle in Yuna's place. My heart sank. Narelle and I had shared so much in common, but Yuna? She was nothing like her.

I asked, watching her face.

himself?"

"He stopped

eyebrow.

everything else. He's been so sweet to me, and everyone at the library thinks we're dating. Sometimes they even tease us, and he never says

when he shows up late and sees some other guy talking to

it up. With all the signals Wade was throwing out, it was

to talk to him about it. But right now, Yuna needed someone to help her process

I asked carefully. "Did it ever cross your mind to wonder why he's still mourning

and she hesitated. "Are you saying

when she quickly shook her head. No way! How could he be in

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you know...

help but smile. Classic Yuna, still imagining all academic staff

if I should tell her the whole story or let her figure

mean Wade's advisor was a young, beautiful woman?"

I decided it was best to tell her